2The Daily Tar HeelTuesday, October 2, 1990
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panel confront mass hostility
Frdm Associated Press reports
' RALEIGH The nine members of
thV Hazardous Waste Management
Commission have been called Nazis,
scum of the earth and worse for their
efforts to locate a waste incinerator in
North Carolina.
The commission members, all private
citizens appointed to the panel, will
decide where to locate the waste incin
erator. The possible sites have been
narrowed to one straddling the Rowan
Iredell county line, two in Granville
County and one in Johnston County.
: As they deliberate, commission
tneinbers who thought they were serv
ing on just another state government
board have found themselves thrust into
an; uncomfortable position: They are
the target of abuse by people w ho see
the incinerator as a deadly health risk.
; The board members have been
threatened on the phone, in person and
through the mail. The abuse has in
creased since May 1, when the com
mission announced two of the site fi
nalists. Since then, a minister has told panel
members that they should be excom
municated from their churches because
they were working against God's will.
Police told the commission's top
staffer, executive director Darrell
Hinnant, that his house was to be the
target of an arson attempt.
Commissioner Trenton Davis re
members Sept. 20 when he and other
members of the panel were trying to
make it safely out of the Granville
County Courthouse in Oxford and to
their vehicles after an emotional public
hearing.
The courthouse parking lot was filled
with Granville residents who opposed
the possible selection of a site there for
the state's hazardous-waste incinera
tor.
"What came to my mind was an old
western movie where the cowboys have
been captured and have to run a gauntlet
of Indians," said Davis, a professor of
environmental health at East Carolina
University in Greenville.
"I walked out of the Granville court
house and realized we were going to be
escorted out by state troopers, one at
each side, one behind and one in front,
and I knew what running the gauntlet
was like. People were shouting and
shaking their fists at me," he said.
"We've been questioned about our
integrity and politics, we've had people
comment on our ancestry," he said.
"I've attempted to answer all the letters
I get, but I'm not sure how you respond
to a letter where the first statement says,
'You are disgusting,' and then it goes
downhill from there.
Orange County, Caifboro claim
census missed many residents
By NANCY JOHNSON
Staff Writer
The Orange County Board of
Commissioners and one town in the
county have filed challenges to the
preliminary estimates of the 1990
census.
An accurate population count is
essential to getting the appropriate
amount of federal and state funding,
according to Orange County Com
missioner John Hartwell.
"The board saw a problem, and we
asked our staff to be specific and
accurate in making suggestions for
corrections," Hartwell said.
The challenge filed by Orange
County estimates that the count missed
approximately 530 residents, but the
figures only deal with areas that are
outside of town boundaries, Hartwell
said. The towns must make their own
corrections within town limits.
Carrboro Mayor Eleanor Kinnaird
said Carrboro had also filed a challenge,
citing missed students as the biggest
problem.
"We have a large student population
who aren't sure where they should be
counted," Kinnaird said.
It is estimated that almost 1000
residents in Carrboro were missed, said
Roy Williford, Carrboro 's planning and
economic development director.
Carrboro's estimates are based on a
land-use map that shows every house in
town, Williford said.
Although Chapel Hill is unsure of
preliminary census results, Mayor
Jonathan Howes said the town was not
filing an official challenge because most
of the figures appeared accurate.
"We're not formally challenging,"
Howes said. "We are just asking the
Census Bureau to review their figures.
We think some students may have been
missed."
Carmichael Residence Hall and
Granville Towers are the places that
were most likely miscounted, but only
about 500 students were missed,
Howes said.
In order to file a challenge, towns
must fill out the appropriate forms
and provide proof, such as tax records
or maps, showing the housing units
exist, said Ray Bancroft of the U.S.
Census Bureau in Washington, D.C.
If the proof is sufficient, the Cen
sus Bureau will recheck its count and
make corrections, Bancroft said.
However, no housing units built or
incorporated into town limits after
April 1 , 1 990, may be counted.
"The census is like a photograph or
picture of a country at one point in
time," Bancroft said.
The final census is to be completed
by Dec. 31.
Ghapel Hill Transit official discounts drivers' fears of speaking out
; By PETER F. WALLSTEN
l Assistant City Editor
- A Chapel Hill Transit official said
Monday bus drivers should feel free to
voice their complaints to the manage
ment instead of fearing retribution.
"If people have problems, the man
agement wants to hear about them,"
safd Scott McClellan, administrative
assistant to the bus service. "We hate to
hear about things from the newspaper.
There's very much of an open-door
policy across the board."
'. Some drivers complained Sunday that
tight bus schedules caused them to speed
in order to meet time points. Chapel Hill
Transit, however, gives the drivers
opportunites to help create the sched
ules, McClellan said.
"Each year before the schedules are
written, we send out a memo asking (the
drivers) for input," he said. "We want
specifics. In the three years I've written
this memo, there have been maybe half
a dozen responses."
McClellan added that he had never
been aware of drivers exceeding speed
limits to compensate for the schedule.
"I don't know of any instructions
where drivers have been forced to
speed," he said. "I would like for
somebody to give me some examples."
On Sunday, drivers said their speed
ing had caused them to lose points on
their merit evaluations.
Bus driver Victoria Howard said
drivers were scared to speak out when
they had complaints. Other drivers
complained the management "black
balls" drivers who discuss the problems
publicly.
Howard said she expected to be fired
after officials saw a letter with her com
plaints published Sunday in the Chapel
Hill Herald.
But drivers can file complaints
through the grievance system,
McClellan said.
"If someone files a grievance, it's
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filed internally in the office," he said.
"If they don't like the conclusions there,
it can go to the manager's office. If they
still don't like the conclusions, then it
goes to a grievance board made up of
citizens of Chapel Hill."
But drivers Sunday called the griev
ance system an unsuitable way to dis
cuss their opinions about Chapel Hill
Transit's policies.
"You've got people scared to stick
together," said Moses Norman, who
has worked at the bus service for five
years. "People are scared because it
would affect their evaluation."
McClellan said the complaints did
not represent the opinions of the more
than 70 Chapel Hill Transit drivers.
Some bus drivers, however, said Mon
day that the complaints were right on
target.
"There are about 10 people (at the
garage) reading the Tar Heel this
morning, and they're all saying the same
thing," Norman said. "Since I've been
here, I've seen the system go from good
to bad."
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TUESDAY
10 a.m.: UNITAS invites you to come by our
table in the Pit until 2 p.m. and find out what we're
really about ... challenging racial and cultural barriers
in our society. UNITAS applications for the 1991-92
academic year go out the week of Oct. 8. Come fight
apathy on campus!
12:30 p.m.: The Institute for Research in Social
Science is offering a N.C. Information System short
course, a' county-level data base of economic, demo
graphic, cultural and political information, in 2
Manning until 1 :30 p.m.
2 p.m.: The Astronomy Club will meet in 277
Phillips. Gerald Cecil will be our speaker. Non
members are always welcome. For info call 929
1753. 3 p.m.: Career Planning and Placement Services
will hold Internships 101: Introductory sessions on
the basics of internships and experiential learning in
209 Hanes.
4 p.m.: UNC-Soviet Exchange will have a
meeting for the incoming committee in 224 Union.
5 p.m.: The Association of Minorities in Media
will have an informal panel discussion about intern
ships in 204 Howell. Refreshments will be served. All
are welcome to attend.
The Student Committee for Peace in the Middle
East will meet todiscuss upcomingeducational forum
on the Middle East and other group sponsored events
in 212 Union.
5:30 p.m.: The Society of Professional Jour
nalists invites you to join us for a Dutch-treat social at
S wensen's in University Square. Old and new members
are encouraged to attend. Anyone interested in joining
is welcome.
6:30 p.m.: The Order of the Bell Tower will meet
in 21 1 Union so make plans to be there. Bring your
ideas and your volunteer spirit!
The Spanish, French and German Houses in
Carmichael Residence Hall invite you to our pot luck
International Dinner. Great food, great people, great
fun! Second floor lounge, the first Tuesday of every
month. Questions? Call Claire, 933-0924.
7 p.m.: The Tar Heel Recycling Program will
meet in 205 Union. This is an important meeting
finalizing Precycling Week. All members and anyone
interested please attend. We need your help!
7:30 p.m.: The Student Government Tutoring
Program offers free tutoring in Econ 1 0, Math 22, 30,
3 1 , Stat 1 1 & 23, French 1-4 and Spanish 1 -4. Come
to third floor of Greenlaw, every Tuesday until 9:30
p.m.
11 p.m.: VVXYC FM 89.3 will play the new CD
from Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry, Brownie
MtGhee & Sonny Terry Sing, in its entirety with no
interruptions.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Carolina Athletic Association announces that
applications for Homecoming Queen are available at
the Union desk and CAA Office. They are due
Wednesday, Oct. 3 at noon.
The University Counseling Center announces
that an Interracial Relationships Support Group will
be offered beginning this month. Group will offer a
supportive, confidential and non-judgmental envi
ronment to explore unique issues encountered in
interracial relationships (e.g. societal disapproval,
cultural differences and similarities, conflicting feel
ings, etc.). For more information, call 962-2175.
PlayMakers Repertory Company will present
the Southeastern premiere of "Nothing Sacred," by
Canadian playwright George F. Walker, Oct. 24-Nov.
1 1 at the Paul Green Theatre. For more information,
call 962-PLAY.
The Carolina Union Gallery Committeepresent
Europe 1989-90: A Collage, the color photographs of
UNC senior Stephen Culp, who spent last year in
Eastern and Western Europe and Morocco.
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for the IFC Homeless Shelter. The shelter needs
clean, whole towels of all sizes for its residents.
Collection boxes will be placed in dorm lobbies, the.
BCC and the Senior Class Office Oct. 8-12. Call
Christy (933-6795) or Chris (933-4301) for more
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